A photographic exhibition and a thanksgiving service at St Martin-in-the-Fields to honour the centenary of Father Trevor Huddleston’s birth this month.
If the South African DNA Bill is passed, it will allow for the creation of a national DNA database by taking non-intimate DNA samples from suspects will help police to find criminals responsible for unsolved murders or rapes when they are arrested for other offences
The prestigious first prize was won by 57-year-old Susanne Du Toit for ‘Pieter’, a powerful painting of her eldest son. She wins £30,000 and a commission worth £5,000.
Julius Malema’s new political platform, the Economic Freedom Fighters, is not about South Africans’ welfare but simply a product of personal frustration, anger, and egocentricity, some of his former allies claim.
“We have felt the closeness of the world and the deepest meaning of strength and peace. Our gratitude is difficult to express. But the love and peace we feel give yet more life to the simple Thank you!”
Soon you will be able to have a Steers burger and chips in London!
Sammy is the face of the Starfish Greathearts Foundation, which aims to bring life, hope and opportunity to children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in South Africa by identifying the very best community based organisations and partnering with them to ensure the highest quality care
With the G8 summit currently underway in Northern Ireland, Prime Minister David Cameron is in hot water over claims the UK government spied on South African, Russian and Turkish delegates at two G20 summits in London.
The Rand strengthened in late trade on Thursday despite good US data that boosted the dollar against the EURO.
DIARY OF AN EXTROVERT | Southern Africans from across the country descended on South African pub The Orange Bull Sports Bar over the weekend to celebrate Youth Day.
Jill Williamson, a South African who served a key charity in the UK for 25 years, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2013 birthday honours list for her “services to promoting human rights and the rule of law in South Africa”.
Barack Obama is being criticised for the vast amounts of money the US government is spending on his upcoming trip to Africa…is a 24 hour hovering fighter jet really necessary?
The cat and mouse game that is Zimbabwean politics has reached a new level: Mugabe has made an executive decision to hold the elections on 31 July and opposition leader Tsvangirai is crying foul.
Anti-apartheid activist Cheryl Carolus has received a prestigious appointment by Queen Elizabeth as Trustee of one of London’s landmark museums.
The South African government continues struggle with “rampant” corruption as Minister Lindiwe Sisulu announces new Anti-Corruption Bureau. But some MPs have already questioned the bureau’s future effectiveness, saying that its budget of R17 million was too little compared to state corruption estimated at billions of rands.
Outrage as South African Airways announces 40 new cadets for its pilot training programme – and not one of them is a white male…
The Reserve Bank says that economy might be harmed if billionaire entrepreneur, who seeks South Africa’s exchange controls to be declared unconstitutional, as he tries to get his R250m recompensed from the Bank, is successful with his bid
Citrus Black Spot disease looks set to take a toll on South African farmers, who are being forced to add to their mounting export costs in order to comply with the regulations of the incredibly valuable yet increasingly strict European Union.
Allegations that Al-Qaeda conducted the kidnapping of a South African couple in Yemen have surfaced as officials say they are doing everything they can to release the pair.
Julius Malema is eager to create an alternative political platform made of “radical militants”
With the move to Terminal 2 next year, all 23 Star Alliance member airlines serving Heathrow, including SAA, and representing over 20% of the airports traffic, will for the first time ever operate from a single terminal.
Experts predict difficult times for the South African economy after the rand’s decline, and assess that Nelson Mandela’s poor health is not adding to the currency’s weakness, rather it is a mixture of national and international factors such as labour unrest.
As the world once again holds its breath for news of the revered statesman’s health, there have been calls to face up to the reality that Mandela is an old and frail man.
The lecture by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chairman of the African Union Commission, will reflect on past achievements and challenges of the AU and look ahead to the next 50 years.
Helen Zille will talk on ‘Elections 2014: will it be South Africa’s turning point?’ on Wednesday 19 June.